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Not happening this year.

Trying to hex us at least PSU is at home

Neither Penn St nor Michigan will be afraid of the Buckeyes.

hah, Jimmy is scared

We B1G Ten fans need to come to grips with reality. OSU is on another level than the rest of the conference. It started with Meyer and it will clearly continue under Ryan Day. That dood can coach and recruit.

They are going to steamroll anyone in their path for the rest of this season, and I'd pick them to destroy anyone they come up against in the playoff.

The biggest question is whether any other school in this conference can catch up.

I don't see it.

We are the B1G OSU and little 13 (some littler than others).

Watching OSU is almost disheartening, they may be the best football team I have seen since 1994 Penn State.   I don't think anyone in the B1G is able to play the complimentary football at the level necessary to beat them. 

With that said, I was encouraged by Wisconsin holding them off for a half.  I know they scored a TD with a few seconds left, but UW essentially held them to 3 points at the half.  When Wisconsin's offense let them down for the umpteenth time, the defense eventually broke.

That said....Michigan shouldn't worry OSU one bit.  Penn State shouldn't be taken lightly.  If there is one other team in the conference that I think has the speed, size and talent to keep up with the Buckeyes.....it's the kitties.  And that's not to take anything away from my Gophers.  They keep playing better and better each week.  But it is impossible to judge this team based upon who they've played.

Penn State has more depth than they have had in a long time.  They don't have any glaring weaknesses at any position.  In fact, the may be the overall most talent Penn State has had since the 90's.  Yet, on a position by position basis, OSU is even better.   It is mind blowing.

To the extent that this is true, I think it is because, as a practical matter, the CFP has nationalized the sport (a lot more than it already was).

In the CFP era, if you are a high end midwestern recruit and you want to stay somewhat close to home and play for CFP titles, you have one choice: Ohio State.

In a more regional area there was at least a chance the another School might play for the top prize ( League Title, Rose Bowl). Now, not really. Two other midwestern schools have been to the CFP but they both got run off the field in the semi-final. Ohio State has also been run off the field in a semi-final once but in their other appearance they beat big bad Bama and won the whole thing.

best team EVER!!!

Someone pointed out on another board that Northwestern is the only team OSU has played, with a losing record.

Miami, Nebraska and Michigan St are all 4-4 and all of the others are over .500.

Ya typically want to remove OSU's loss from the equation if you really want a fair representation.  Therefore, Miami, Nebraska and MSU are all 4-3.

Let's compare Penn State to see if that is impressive:

Idaho -- FCS
Buffalo: 4-3
Pitt:  5-2
Maryland: 3-4
Purdue: 2-5
Iowa: 6-1
Michigan: 6-1
MSU: 4-3
----- coming up ----
Minnesota: 8-0
Indiana: 7-2 (if they beat NW)
OSU: 11-0 (assuming they can win until the PSU game)
Rutger: -- FCS

Final Answer:  Yes, it is very impressive for OSU.  Plus they beat a 6-1 Wisconsin team and a 6-0 Cincy.  However, after this week OSU adds in Rutger, Maryland, and Michigan, 3 teams on the level of a decent FCS program. So therefore it should end pretty close.